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On November 14 and 15, 2013, Auspicium will be hosting a two day (16 hours NASB CPE) training course – Successful Construction Audit and Transition Management at the Union Square Hilton, San Francisco, CA.
The cost of attendance is $1095 per person and includes breakfast and lunch, cocktail reception on first night and all training material. Students who register before September 1 will receive $100 off.
In this exciting two day course, students will learn how to audit major capital projects involving construction and transition management. Historically, it has been determined that auditing a project will discover approximately 1-3% of total contract spend – a significant savings that should not be ignored. Even companies using project managers can take advantage of the techniques taught in this course. Students will learn industry proven approaches to:
- Calendar and plan a successful construction audit
- Understand the risk of capital construction projects, including an introduction to Auspicium’s CARE (Construction Audit Risk Evaluation) Methodology
- Suggest successful transition on a post project basis
- Apply new COSO Guidelines for deterring fraud specifically as it relates to construction/renovation programs
- Understand the roles and tools of internal or external project management and how interaction with audit can be enhanced
- Using construction contracts to mitigate risk. BONUS Session: 17 things to include in quality construction contracts
- Manage Change orders
- Detect typical areas of fraud and abuse
- Identify resources available to assist in construction audit
- Effectively use the Internet and electronic testing to perform construction audits.
Courses are eligible for NASBA credits as granted by NASBA GL# 109467.
About Auspicium:
Auspicium, LLC is a management-consulting firm that specializes in construction audit and facilities management. We strive to provide services that exceed customer quality and value expectations for each engagement, in our areas of expertise. While the industry average for construction audit recovery ranges from 1-3%, we pride ourselves on our CARE™ methodology and experience that has helped our clients recover as much as 12% of construction spend. Just as important is the rigor with which CARE™ focuses on the identification of project governance and other issues that can impact the success of construction projects. CARE™ provides an efficient structure for assessing risks and controls through all phases of your project.
We have created our CARE™ methodology, to facilitate the identification of construction and industry issues and risks, however, we believe each engagement is unique and deserves to be considered as such. We tailor our approach to meet your needs. The pillars of our methodology are focused around six critical areas of project success: cost, quality, scope, function, timing, and safety
With typically over twenty years of audit experience, our professionals are recognized leaders in Construction Audit and Risk Management. They are comfortable working on projects of all sizes and have experience in projects with multi-billion dollar projects. Additionally, our construction audit work has involved many areas of exposure to fraud, affording our associates with comfort around fraud prevention controls, fraud awareness initiatives, and fraud investigation skills. Our associates have worked with local authorities, where necessary, to assist in prosecution and provide evidentiary support for legal and criminal actions.
Our experience extends beyond just construction audit and includes expertise in records management, disaster recovery, business continuity, procurement, corporate advertising, and real estate management and audit.
At Auspicium we pride ourselves on the work we do and we strive to meet and exceed customer expectations every step of the way. Additionally Auspicium does not work directly with or for any contractors or subcontractors, ensuring that we can maintain independence and our clients do not have to be concerned about perceived or actual conflicts of interests.
About the Instructors:
Denise Cicchella, Executive Director, CCA, CIA, CFE, PMP
Denise is a Certified Construction Auditor, Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner and Project Management Professional. Denise is the author of the IIA Handbook: Construction Audit Guide: Monitoring, Overview and Auditing. She is also the co-author of Essentials of Construction Management (a co-author work published by Informa.) She is considered a leading source in the construction audit field and has presented at many professional organization including the Institute of Internal Auditing and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Denise spoke at the 2010 International Conferences for both organizations. She also represented Marcus Evans to deliver Construction Audit Training in Qatar. She is the founding president of the New York/New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Construction Auditors. Denise is an instructor for the MIS Training Institute and Compliance on-line.
Stuart Gardner, Executive Director CCA, CIPFA, CISA, CISSP
Stuart is a Certified Construction Auditor, Chartered Public Financial Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and Certified Information Systems Security Professional. Stuart and Denise are co-authors of Auditing for Corporates – A special publication by the Qatar Finance Agency.
Stuart has performed many construction audits, in addition he brings significant IT, facility management, security, emergency management and business continuity planning experience.
Stuart is the current president of the NY/NJ Chapter of the National Association of Construction Auditors.